📺 Sitcoms Trivia Questions & Answers
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30 Sitcoms trivia questions
Q1. Which show features the fictional Dunder Mifflin paper company?
Answer: The Office
💡 The Office is based on a British series of the same name created by Ricky Gervais.
Q2. In which decade was Seinfeld set?
Answer: 1990s
💡 Seinfeld was famously described as a show about nothing.
Q3. Which TV show features the fictional Pawnee Parks Department?
Answer: Parks and Recreation
💡 Parks and Recreation was initially seen as an Office spin-off but quickly found its own identity.
Q4. In which Boston-set sitcom is the bar staff led by Sam Malone?
Answer: Cheers
💡 The real bar that inspired the show is The Bull & Finch in Boston; interiors were filmed on an LA set.
Q5. In which American city is the TV show 'Friends' set?
Answer: New York City
💡 The friends' apartment building on the show was filmed at a real building in New York's West Village. The impossibly large apartment on a waitress and chef's salary was deliberately unrealistic — acknowledged as one of TV's great implausibilities.
Q6. What is the name of the pub in 'Still Game', the Scottish sitcom?
Answer: The Clansman
💡 Still Game depicted older Glaswegians Jack and Victor navigating retirement in a fictional housing scheme called Craiglang. The show is one of the most beloved in Scottish TV history.
Q7. What is the name of the fictional high school in 'Saved by the Bell'?
Answer: Bayside High
💡 Saved by the Bell began as a different show called Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which starred Hayley Mills as a teacher. NBC retooled it with a new premise focused on the students instead.
Q8. Which actor plays the title role in 'Ted Lasso'?
Answer: Jason Sudeikis
💡 Ted Lasso began as an NBC Sports ad in 2013, where Jason Sudeikis played a clueless American football coach hired to manage a football (soccer) club. The concept was expanded into a full Apple TV+ series in 2020.
Q9. What colour is Barney the Dinosaur?
Answer: Purple
💡 Barney & Friends ran from 1992 to 2010 on PBS. Despite being beloved by children, Barney became a notorious cultural punchline for adults — there was even an urban legend about him having a dark origin.
Q10. In 'How I Met Your Mother', what is the name of the bar where the gang hangs out?
Answer: MacLaren's Pub
💡 MacLaren's Pub was named after the show's production designer, Don MacLaren. Central Perk is from Friends; Paddy's Pub is from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Q11. What is the name of the coffee shop in 'Friends'?
Answer: Central Perk
💡 Central Perk was so iconic that a real pop-up version opened in New York City to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary in 2014.
Q12. Which sitcom follows the dysfunctional, formerly wealthy Bluth family?
Answer: Arrested Development
💡 Arrested Development features the Bluth family and pioneered a fast, layered comedy style with running gags rewarding rewatches.
Q13. Which comedy follows wisecracking NYPD detective Jake Peralta and his oddball squad?
Answer: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
💡 Andy Samberg's Jake clashes with the stone-faced Captain Raymond Holt.
Q14. What is the name of the pub in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
Answer: Paddy's Pub
💡 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia started with a budget of $85 and a consumer camcorder.
Q15. Which show features Carrie Bradshaw as the main character?
Answer: Sex and the City
💡 Sarah Jessica Parker played Carrie Bradshaw across 6 seasons and 2 films.
Q16. What year did the final episode of Seinfeld air?
Answer: 1998
💡 The Seinfeld finale on 14 May 1998 was watched by 76 million people.
Q17. How many episodes did the original run of 'Fawlty Towers' produce in total?
Answer: 12
💡 Despite only 12 episodes, Fawlty Towers was voted the best British TV programme ever by the BFI in 2000.
Q18. In 'Seinfeld', what is Kramer's first name?
Answer: Cosmo
💡 Kramer's first name 'Cosmo' wasn't revealed until Season 6, Episode 19 ('The Switch'). For the first five and a half seasons he was just 'Kramer'.
Q19. What year did 'Fawlty Towers' first air in the UK?
Answer: 1975
💡 Fawlty Towers ran for just 12 episodes across two series, yet is consistently ranked one of the greatest British comedies ever made.
Q20. In what year did I Love Lucy premiere on CBS?
Answer: 1951
Q21. In what year did the war comedy-drama M*A*S*H air its record-breaking series finale?
Answer: 1983
Q22. In what year did the groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family, starring Archie Bunker, first premiere?
Answer: 1971
Q23. Which TV producer created All in the Family, tackling taboo race and bigotry issues in a sitcom?
Answer: Norman Lear
Q24. In which city is the sitcom Frasier set?
Answer: Seattle
💡 Frasier ran for 11 seasons (1993-2004) and won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years. It was a spin-off of Cheers.
Q25. How many Emmy Awards did I Love Lucy win during its original run?
Answer: 5
Q26. Roughly how many US viewers tuned in for the M*A*S*H series finale in 1983?
Answer: 106 million
Q27. M*A*S*H's finale held the US TV viewership record 27 years until which 2010 broadcast topped it?
Answer: Super Bowl XLIV
Q28. How many total Primetime Emmy Awards did Modern Family win across its entire run?
Answer: 22
Q29. In Friends, what is the name of Ross's pet monkey?
Answer: Marcel
💡 Marcel the capuchin monkey appeared in Friends' first season. The animal's trainer revealed Marcel was female in real life, named Katie.
Q30. What is the name of the pub in the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses?
Answer: The Nag's Head
💡 Only Fools and Horses ran from 1981 to 2003. The Christmas 1996 episode in which Del Boy and Rodney become millionaires was watched by 24.3 million viewers.
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